A Sermon for Veteran's Day
Tonight I'm giving a sermon in my Fundamentals of Religious Proclamation (Preaching) class. I'm really challenging myself this time. I'm attempting to deliver an inductive sermon. Inductive sermons, as opposed to de ductive, means a sermon that doesn't let the listener in on the point of the sermon until near the end. The goal it to capture the listener's attention and curiosity. (A deductive sermon, the more traditional approach, starts out with the main idea and then systematically makes the case for that main idea during the sermon. Inductive sermons are difficult to do and I don't know if I've done it correctly here. Additionally, I am challenging myself to give a sermon without notes . I have mostly memorized the following. I say mostly because it's not my intention to give the following word for word. I'm working from an bare outline that I can speak from. The following was written as part of my preparation for tonight...